The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-30
A HOTEL BLOWN UP.
4 Water Heater in the Kirby House at
Milwaukee Suddenly ExplOdss.
One End of the Building Blown Out-Many
of the Servants Seriously Injured
and One or More Killed,

MILWAUKEE, Wis, November ga
shocking accident occurred at the Kirby
House shortly before o'clock this morn
ing. A boiler used for heating water ex-
ploding entirely wrecking the rear end of
bnllding, burying a number of people
beneath the ruins, fatally wounding sew
eral, and, it is feared, killing others out
right. The explosion occurred at $3.50.
The boiler which exploded was the hot
water boiler behind the kitchen range.
The explosion blew out a portion OF the
rear wall thirty feet tn width, and extend
ing from the ground to the floor OF the
fourth story. One end of the dlning-room
was wrecked, all the tables being knocked
over and the dishes smashed. Most of the
guests had finished breakfast. Those who
remained were panic-stricken.
The kitchen of the hUtel was completely
wrecked. There was about a dozen girls
in the room at the time, and all were bur-
led beneath the mass OF brick and mortar.
The Ere department was on the scene within
4 mi ute OF the explosion. Toe following
i-'~ we're taken out from the ruins badly
injured: Miss Anna Kennedy, assistant
cook; NJ IS Carrie Olson, dining room girl
Miss Julia Fieldmeyer, dining-xoom girl
Miss Nora Dougherty, dining-room girl I;
Mlss Mary Arbucle, pastry cook. Ali
were GO tadly Injured, mostly by bruises,
that Doctor Marks said he could not tell
whether thew would live or not. Frank
Hempel, the head cook ,is missing; also Mrs.
K. NJ. Gage assistant coook.
The ruins are being searched with the
hope of finding them and others who may
IN, a girl employed in the Sentinel
hindery, across the alley, was badly cut
about the head by the flying glass that
was blown in by the explosion.
Mr.. Beckurth, one of the proprietors of
the hotel, who was in the rear part OF the
building, near where the explosion took
place, was hurt in the head Dy
flying missile, which knocked
him down. He is able to be about.
The alley back OF the hotel is piled
to the depth of four or five feet with debris
from the wrecked building. The north
wall of the dining room was blown in for
a distance of fifteen or twenty feet. The
firemen got water upon the ruins in time
to extinguish flames which started before
they had got much Roadway.
The accident was probably caused by the
freezing of the feed pipe supplying the
boiler with water.
Those whose injuries are the most serious
are Mary Arbuckle, Anna Kennedy and
Carry Olson, all of whom are
terribly burned in addition to the bruises,
WutCu tuey IeOolfcu. 1neIo 10 uO uope
that Carrie Olson will recover. There
were also among the injured: Miss Maggie
Doran, kitchen girl; Miss Alice Burke,
pantry girl; Miss Mary Kroeger, kitchen
girl, Miss Mary Leahy, chambermaid;
Miss Eva Frederickson, dining-room girl.
at ii o'clock the fremen found the dead
body of Mrs. F. NJ. Gage, the assistant
cook, under the ruins. 1t was shockingly
maDgled. Frank Hempel the head cook,
who was at first reported killed, escaped
alive, but is badly hurt; one arm aud
three ribs are broken, and he is badly
injured about the head.